People are often the funniest when they don’t know they are being funny. The same goes for the little people known as preschoolers. If Sam was trying to be funny, he would yell, “Stinky feet!” and chortle away, thinking himself more entertaining than any Curious George episode on record. That wouldn’t get me laughing, just a forced smile at best.
However, the preschooler musings on life are hilarious. The other day we were driving around the parking lot at the gym, searching for a parking place as people scurried to and from their cars. Sam commented aloud to himself, “Some people don’t know who we are.” I had to guffaw and agree.
That is one of the toughest realizations of a lifetime — not only are we not the center of anyone else’s world, most people don’t even know who the heck we are. It’s quite an eye-opening “aha’ moment for all of us — and downright humbling. Yes, the world goes on just fine without us as if we didn’t even exist, believe it or not. The sooner we absorb that concept and pop the bubble of egocentricity, the better off we are.
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